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CBS Consumer Products and the Federation of Beer announced the first official “Star Trek” beer in Las Vegas on Monday, and it’s the kind of drink designed to make fans snarl and growl as only a Klingon could. Klingon Warnog will be brewed by the Evansville, Ind.-based Tin Man Brewing Co. According to the announcement, the dunkelweizen style beer has an aroma that is “predominantly mild banana and clove” that is “supported by subtle sweet malt character from the use of Munich malt.”

"Warnog was a traditional Klingon ale, clear in color. The clone of Emperor Kahless was exposed because he could not detect the difference between real and replicated warnog. (TNG: "Rightful Heir") General Martok often enjoyed warnog aboard the IKS Rotarran to keep him warm. (DS9: "Sons and Daughters")" http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Warnog

"The director wants me to be exactly the same as I was in 1984. Because the person — I have human flesh, underneath is a metal skeleton — but the human flesh ages just like everyone else does. The skeleton doesn’t change. So it has to be the same body, physically the same thing, even though you may have show a little grey and all those things… So it’s very important that now I step it up with the workout. I [need to] gain an extra 5-7 pounds of pure muscle and get that body back that I had then so we can switch from Terminator to the character I play now, kind of a Terminator-protector character, so we can switch back and forth to a 25-year old versus a 35-year old versus a 55-year old, when it’s in the future of 2029. So all of this and then play around with it, the body will stay the same but the makeup will change and the hair will change."

The long-gestating Dark Crystal sequel is still coming along, as revealed by Brian Henson in a recent interview. “We have one written. It’s really good,” he said. However, you shouldn’t necessarily expect it to come together quickly. “We don’t have a production schedule or anything. It’s a big movie to put all the pieces together.”

1. Transformers Age of Extinction "the biggest movie of 2014" (via /Film)

Mark Wahlberg is really excited about Transformers: Age of Extinction. So excited, in fact, that he’s prone to getting hyperbolic. Calling Transformers “probably the most iconic franchise in movie history,” he predicted that the upcoming installment would be “the biggest movie of 2014.”

“For moviegoers all over the world, I guarantee this will take it up a notch,” he said. “It is bigger and better than the other three (films) combined.” In Wahlberg’s defense, he has reason to be optimistic. The last Transformers grossed $1.1 billion worldwide to become the second-highest grossing film of 2011. [Yahoo]

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Arrow (02x17) "Birds of Prey" (Not Recommended)

WHEN THE HUNTRESS MET THE CANARY — When Frank Bertinelli (guest star Jeffrey Nordling) is arrested, Oliver (Stephen Amell) knows it’s only a matter of time before his daughter, Helena, AKA The Huntress (guest star Jessica De Gouw), returns to town. To make matters worse, Laurel (Katie Cassidy) is picked to try Frank’s case, putting her right in the path of Helena. Oliver tells Sara (Caity Lotz) he will handle his ex-girlfriend, but when Helena takes hostages at the courthouse, including Laurel, the Canary will stop at nothing to save her sister. When The Huntress and Canary meet, an epic battle begins. Meanwhile, Roy (Colton Haynes) realizes he needs to keep Thea (Willa Holland) safe, but doesn’t like the way he is forced to go about it. John Behring directed the episode written by Mark Bemesderfer & A.C. Bradley (#217).
I love Arrow, but it's hit and miss. This one is a miss. Laurel's addiction storyline is getting ridiculous. She's a drunk for three months, hits bottom and then is brought back in the most inane way possible. At one point she tearfully talks about how she's recovered from addiction, but it's like that episode of Cosby Show when Theo has dyslexia for an episode and then they never talk about it again. The character is all over the place. On the other hand, Canary (not Black Canary) is awesome and is the best female superhero on TV. The island flashbacks are getting boring again and have no connection to the episode. Diggle fetches Arrow's clothes like a butler. Sigh.

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I wonder if anyone else when they read that Schwarzenegger quote does a phony Ahh-nold accent in their head? I'm predicting that movie will be pretty awful.

If Transformers 4 is like Transformers 3 then I'll watch it on DVD and fast forward all the boring human parts. I mean I know they want a human star because they think that brings people in to the theater but come on, what we really want are giant robots smashing the crap out of each other so I don't know why we need to keep padding the movies with these lame humans. It was better in the old TV show where humans were secondary and the robots actually had personalities that weren't just ethnic stereotypes.

I totally spaced on Arrow this week but it sounds like I didn't miss a lot. Can they kill Laurel off already? She's become such a drag to the show, like Tommy last season and you know what happened to him. Dig needs to get a Suicide Squad show, dang it. Make it happen CW! I mean come on I've seen the previews for their other shows; they're all just awful.

Great minds think alike, I posted the Bane Cat on my blog!I expected more from Arrow (02x17) "Birds of Prey". I was hoping Felicity would play the part of Oracle since we can't have Barbara Gordon. After having an episode with him leading the Suicide Squad, Diggle is demoted to the token black guy again. The Turtles look better than I expected. My son will make me take him to see it, all he has to compare it to is the new Nickelodeon cartoon. Maybe they will tell us the secret of the ooze.

I don't think it's possible to read a Schwarzenegger quote without the Arnold voice Pat.

The first Transformers was great but Jazz was nothing but a stereotypical black man break dancing and swearing. So I was glad to see him go EXCEPT he died first and was never replaced with another black guy. What a ripoff.

Unfortunately they can't get rid of Laurel because they've teased she's going to become Black Canary. Although now that Oliver is dating Sara she has very little purpose on the show. She is a huge drag though. Two votes for Diggle!